2023 Plateau State massacres
2023
A series of massacres targeting Berom civilians unfold in the Plateau State in Nigeria, killing over 200 people and further injuring over 500. No group claims responsibility..
December-23
Historical Events on December 23
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2015 Sabiha Gökçen Airport bombing
A bomb explodes at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport, killing one airport cleaner. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claim responsibility for the attack four days later.
2015
2008 Guinean coup d'Ă©tat
A coup d'état occurs in Guinea hours after the death of President Lansana Conté.
2008
Kingdom of Nepal
An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.
2007
Antonov An-140
An Antonov An-140, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan, heading across the Caspian Sea, crashes, killing 23 people.
2005
PetroChina
2003
An explosion at the PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field in Kai County, Chongqing, China, kills at least 234..
General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.
2002
History of Slovenia
History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
1990
Rutan Voyager
Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.
1986
Aeroflot Flight 3519
After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board.
1984
Soviet–Afghan War
1979
Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital..
Alitalia Flight 4128
Alitalia Flight 4128 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Falcone Borsellino Airport in Palermo, Italy, killing 108.
1978
Immaculate Reception
The Immaculate Reception is caught by Franco Harris to win the Pittsburgh Steelers their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the Oakland Raiders.
1972
1972 Nicaragua earthquake
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
1972
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.
1972
1 World Trade Center (1970–2001)
1970
The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 417 metres (1,368 ft), making it the tallest building in the world..
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.
1970
USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
1968
Oven homicide
Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called "oven homicide" case in Krootila, Kokemäki, Finland.
1960
The Unknown Soldier (1955 film)
The first film adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier, directed by Edvin Laine, premieres.
1955
Kidney transplantation
1954
First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray..
Walton Walker
General Walton Walker dies in a jeep accident and is replaced by General Matthew Ridgway in the Eighth United States Army.
1950
Japan
Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.
1948
Transistor
The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
1947
Battle of Wake Island
World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.
1941
Colombia
1936
Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty..
Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
1936
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.
1919
Battle of Magdhaba
World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
1916
World War I
World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
1914
Battle of Sarikamish
1914
World War I: During the Battle of Sarikamish, Ottoman forces mistook one another for Russian troops. The following friendly fire incident leaves 2,000 Ottomans dead and many more wounded..
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.
1913
Tampere conference of 1905
The Tampere conference, where Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin meet for the first time, is held in Tampere, Finland.
1905
Hansel and Gretel (opera)
The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
1893
Constantinople Conference
First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
1876
Emma (novel)
1815
The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published..
Battle of Savenay
The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
1793
George Washington
George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
1783
Moscow State Academy of Choreography
Moscow State Academy of Choreography is founded under the reign of Catherine II. It is the second ballet school in Russia after Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.
1773
Glorious Revolution
As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris after being deposed in favor of his son-in-law and nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
1688
Arauco War
1598
Arauco War: Governor of Chile MartĂn GarcĂa Óñez de Loyola is killed in the Battle of Curalaba by Mapuches led by Pelantaru..
Ilkhanate
The Ilkhanate ruler Ghazan defeats a Mamluk army that opposes his invasion into Syria in the Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar near Homs.
1299
Sack of Aleppo (962)
The Sack of Aleppo as part of the Arab–Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.
962
Yohl IkĘĽnal
Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
583
Chlothar I
Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
558
Arianism
484
The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity..